Technical Death Metal

ORIGIN Premiere Exclusive New Version of, “Disease Called Man,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

March 29, 2023

Hear and acquire this Origin disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new recording, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!

Track Premiere: Pestifer – “Defeat of the Nemesis”

March 13, 2023

Belgian progressive death metallers Pestifer are anything but a nuisance on spectacular new track “Defeat of the Nemesis.”

Video Premiere: Gorod – “We Are the Sun Gods”

March 1, 2023

Watch progressive death metal vets Gorod shine bright in the latest video taken from their forthcoming record, The Orb, out March 10.

ORIGIN to Release Exclusive New Single, “Disease Called Man,” via the Decibel Flexi Series

February 28, 2023

Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, March 6 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from tech-death legends Origin.

Album Premiere: Dystopia A.D. – ‘Doomsday Psalm’

November 30, 2022

New Jersey progressive death metal duo Dystopia A.D. summon the end of days with their vicious new full-length, Doomsday Psalm.

Pre-Order ORIGIN’s ‘Chaosmos’ on Decibel-Exclusive Orange-Swirl Vinyl RIGHT NOW!

April 6, 2022

The Decibel edition of Origin‘s Chaosmos LP is pressed on Orange-swirl vinyl and limited to just 200 copies worldwide! Pre-order now!

Track Premiere: Hellbore – “All Men Are Created Evil”

February 23, 2022

Tech death duo Hellbore banish us to the underworld in their sinister new track, “All Men are Created Evil.”

Video Premiere: Devil’s Reef – ‘Plague Uncovered’

September 20, 2021

Devil’s Reef unleash sci-fi themed technical death metal on new song “Plague Uncovered.”

Track Premiere: Inferi – “Vile Genesis”

August 19, 2021

Nashville tech-death warbringers Inferi summon intergalactic menace on the title track of their new LP, Vile Genesis.

Video Premiere: Cognizance – “Aeon Sickness”

August 4, 2021

For the tech-death maniacs in the crowd, the UK’s Cognizance has all the riffs, sweeps, grooves and growls you could ask for!

Track Premiere: Inferi – “Simian Hive”

August 3, 2021

Upcoming neck-snapper Vile Genesis isn’t here until September but that doesn’t meant you can’t hear a new track off it from tech death vets Inferni.

Video Premiere: Inferi – ‘Mesmeric Horror’

July 22, 2021

Tech-death dealers Inferi return with “Mesmeric Horror” from new album Vile Genesis.

Decibel Exclusive Color OBSCURA Double LP ‘A Valediction’ Available For Pre-Order! Hear New Song “Solaris”!

July 2, 2021

Decibel‘s exclusive color of the new double LP from German progressive death metal kings Obscura is the most limited U.S. pressing of this album at only 200 copies.

Track Premiere: Cognitive – ‘To Feed the Worms’

June 14, 2021

New Jersey tech-death dealers Cognitive unveil new song “To Feed the Worms.”

Full Album Stream: Obsolete – “Animate//Isolate”

April 14, 2021

Check out Obsolete’s debut album, Animate//Isolate, a dizzying masterstroke of death metal ability and insanity!

Album Premiere: Abiotic – Ikigai

February 9, 2021

US prog death technicians Abiotic return from a five-year hiatus bearing their strongest work yet. Stream their third album Ikigai in its entirety right now.

Video Premiere: Crawling Chaos- “The Prince Is Here”

February 2, 2021

“But this is just the beginning of the story – that of an epic ascent followed by a painful, desolating fall.”

Track Premiere: Fractal Generator – “Contagion”

December 29, 2020

Canadian quantum death technicians Fractal Generator forecast humanity’s brutally prosperous future on “Contagion,” the latest single from their forthcoming sophomoric monolith Macrocosmos.

Video Premiere: Contrarian – ‘In a Blink of an Eye’

September 4, 2020

There’s nothing to argue about here—the new Contrarian song is progressive metal goodness.

Jim Tasikas (Contrarian) Reviews His Top 3 Favorite Guitars

August 28, 2020

Contrarian guitarist Jim Tasikas unload a noteful Top 3 Guitar list at Decibel. New Contrarian album out November 20.

Album Premiere: Question – Reflections of the Void

July 21, 2020

Catch this early unveiling of Reflections of the Void, the mind-shredding sophomore full-length from preternatural Mexican death metallers Question.

Track Premiere: Oneiric Celephaïs – ‘From Beyond’

June 22, 2020

Italians Oneiric Celephaïs seek to make their own indelible, unmistakable mark on the technical/melo-death genre.